Clueless Cook: Here's 'Mud' in your slow cooker

Mar. 28, 2013

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“I live alone, and cooking is a chore,” he wrote. “I use the slow cooker as much as possible. Here’s one of my favorites."

MUD

1.5 pounds of ground chuck

1 package of frozen Tater Tots

1 package of frozen onions

1 large can of Campbell’s mushroom soup

2 cans of mushroom pieces (optional)

Brown ground chuck in a skillet. Place liner into slow cooker (makes clean up much easier).

Place everything into slow cooker, turn on low for 6-8 hours.

This is simple comfort food. Enjoy.

So why is it called mud?

Because the name makes W’s nieces and nephews laugh, of course.

“Last time I visited my little nieces and nephews, I promised to cook them some ‘Mud,’” he wrote. “ They got very squeamish about my offer. The oldest girl, about age 10, said, ‘Do you really think we can eat … mud?’ It has become a running joke.”

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